10 Facts About Mya Sein

Daw Mya Sein was a Burmese writer, educator and historian.

Mya Sein led the Burma Women's Council, served as a representative of Asia for the League of Nations in 1931, and as a representative at the Geneva Women's Conference; she was recommended for roundtable attendance by the British government and by several international women's organizations.

Mya Sein attended Diocesan Girl's High School and St Mary's SPG High School.

Mya Sein was ranked as the fifth best high school student in the whole country in 1919.

Mya Sein continuing educated at Rangoon College, she got ranking first and was awarded Jardin Prize.

Mya Sein graduated from Rangoon University in 1927 and continuing educated in Oxford University in 1928.

Mya Sein was the first Burmese woman to graduate from Oxford University in the late 1930.

From 1950 to 1960, Mya Sein was a lecturer of history and political science at Rangoon University.

Mya Sein was married to ICS U Shwe Baw in 1933 and divorce in 1954, she had one son and one daughter, Mya Baw and Mya Thandar.

Mya Sein died on 10 November 1988 at the age of 84.